Poyser, John William, Private, 31810, 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
Formerly 31093, Leicestershire Regiment
Born Matlock, Derbyshire
Enlisted Matlock
Killed in action 17th January 1917 aged 20
Son of Benjamin and Jane Poyser, of West View, Tansley, Matlock.
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

1911 Census
A packer in a woollen hosiery mill warehouse
Son of Benjamin, a nurseryman and gardener, and Jane Poyser, of Tansley, Derbyshire

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